The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-22
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

HoaARTH's house at Chiswck is in state of
sad neglect.
MINNIE CHRISTINE NILSSON the Countess Mi
randa, now owns the house where Admiral
Coligny was murdered.
MEssRs. HoUGHToN, MIFFLIN & Co, sent a
fine basket of roses to Mrs. Harriet Beecher
Stowe on her seventy fifth birthday anniversary
this week. .
ARCHIBALD FORBES, the celeb rated journalist,
traveller and lecturer, is suffering from very
severe attack of eczema. He is thought to be on
the road to recovery.
Mr.. SWIFT, the dressed beef king, has signs
all over his business premises in Chicago mo
profane language allowed here" He is fire.
quent leader in prayer meeting.
WHEN John Wanamaker. of Philadelphia,
makes a speech he puts his hands together
though he about to pray. His long
perience as a Sunday school superintendent has
begotten the habit.
Miss MAR, l.. BOOTH, editor of Harper's Ba-
Ear, is making the most of her vacation in
Europe. She travels only by daylight, and thus
loses interesting features of the countries
through which she passes.
THE wife Of the late Mark Hopkins, ex-presi-
dent of Williams College, survives him. She
was Miss Mary Hubbel of Williamstowr, and
married Mark Hopkins in 1882. Three daugh-
ters and four sons are also living.
THE tuition rates at Yale are to be increased.
Since Stage offered So, coo for few months
work as a professional pitcher the university has
felt that it was offering tine advantages of its
curriculum to the public at too great a sacrifice.
SITTING BULL is in mourni & for the death of
his eldest daughter. He is at Standing Rock
Agency, D. t., and endeavored to show his great
grief by slaughtering all his old enemies. A
score of them were obliged to fee the camp for
safety.
THE Queen Regent of Spain has sent to Queen
Victoria for jubilee gift widows cap of price
less old Spanish lace, with embroidered veil
reaching to the ground and a pearl diadem. the
jewels of which were EN- broidered on the lace by
Queen Christina herself.
CADET j. Ell. ALEXANDER, the young colored
man who was recently graduated at West Point,
is now visiting Washington City preparatory to
returning to his home in Ohio. His class num-
bered 15O, of whom sixty four were graduated.
: lexander ranked No. 80 in mis- class. He is
hs ,dsome, well-knit fellow, with a very light
complexion. and is about twenty-three years of
age He expects to go into active service about
July l. He will probably be assigned the
Ninth Regiment.
THERE is undertaker's clerk in Atlanta,
Co., who has queer idea of fun. II has been
his custom to dress himself in shroud lie
down in empty coffin, and then have confed-
crate get some unsuspecting citizens to como and
help move him out A0d then the coffin was
being solemnly carried out he would ju mp out
of the coffin, yell like Comanche Indian. and
laugh with delight at the terror of the carriers.
But the other day some victims who didn't see
where the fun came in had him arrested, and he
was fined.
In the Final Memorials of Longfellow" these
interesting figures given by his brother:
For his early poems, published during the last
year of his college course in the United States
Literary Gazette, Mr.. Longfellow received
sometimes 81. sometimes So, according to their
length: this was in 1925. In 1904, The Viii
ago Blacksmith .Endymion.' and Gods Acre
brought him SIS each. Then in 1884, or The